HE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



In answering, please mention The Young Orni- 

 thologist. 



rOE SALE CHEAP. 



BIKD SKINS, EGGS, SHELI.S, INSECTS, 

 MINEBAXS, and general Curiosities. 



Price List for Stamps. 



E. M. HAIGHT, Riverside, Cal. 



EEAD THIS. 



Lowest prices for mounted Birds, Skins, Eggs &c. 

 For prices write to 



J. C. CALHOON, Taxidermist and Collector, 

 Taunton, Mass. 



ONTARIO KOEESPONDING CLUB. 



5000 Members now wanted. Yearly fees 10 cts. 

 Join now, two months later fees will be advanced to 

 twenty five cents. 



J A. HICKS, Sec'y. O. K, Club, 

 II Water Street, - - Toronto, Canada. 



Editors inserting this and above, and sending one 

 copy will receive pay for three months by return 

 mail. 



THE HAEVAED EOUNTAIN PEN 



Can be carried in the pocket, and holds ink enough for 

 several days writing. The only fountain pen that uses 

 an ordinary pen. Just the thing for Ornithologists for 

 taking field notes. Price by mail post-paid, $i 50 (with 

 I doz. extra pens &c. 



—12 NAMED, SIDE-BLOWN EGGS by 

 return mail, postpaid, for only 50 cts. 



C. L. McCOLLUM, 



Twin Bluffs, Wis. 



FOE SALE. 



Mazan Creek fossils. Consisting of ferns, plants, fish 

 remains, Craw fish. Insects &c. Choice collections of 

 these fossils from $1.00 to $100 00, sent to any parts of 

 the world, satisfaction guaranteed. For further inform- 

 ation address 



H. D. HILL, Morris, 111. 



H. W. & H. S. CHILD, 



Boston, 



A NEW THING! 



THE OOLOGIST'S DIRECTORY. 



Messrs. Davis & Baker propose to publish an Oolo- 

 gist's Directory to coniain the names and addresses of 

 one thousand collectors of birds' eggs, skins, nests, etc., 

 etc , to be published in January. We will insert any 

 collector's name and address in the directory and send 

 him a copy when published, and make him a present of 

 a genuine alligator's egg, all for 3 dimes and 4 one-cent 

 stamps for postage. If you have an alligator's egg and 

 do not wish another, we will insert your name and ad- 

 dress for 2 dimes and i one-cent stamp, or if you will 

 forward us your name and address on a postal card 

 and agree to take a copy as soon as published, we will 

 insert your name and address in the directory. Address, 

 , DAVIS & BAKER, 



North Granville, N. Y. 



Send for club rates and rates of advei-tising. 



INDUCEMENTS FOR SENDING NAMES, 



To the persons sending us the most names and ad- 

 dresses for the directory before January loth, we will 

 give him an African Ostrich egg; next largest list, an 

 Australian Emu's egg; to the next three persons sending 

 the next three largest lists, each a Flamingo's egg. 



Davis & Baker. 



